Enhancing the Quality of 3D Lunar Maps Using JAXA's Kaguya ImageryYumi Iwashita, Haakon Moe, Yang Cheng, Adnan Ansar, Georgios Georgakis, Adrian Stoica, Kazuto Nakashima, Ryo Kurazume, Jim Torresenhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11817
Enhancing the Quality of 3D Lunar Maps Using JAXA's Kaguya ImageryAs global efforts to explore the Moon intensify, the need for high-quality 3D lunar maps becomes increasingly critical-particularly for long-distance missions such as NASA's Endurance mission concept, in which a rover aims to traverse 2,000 km across the South Pole-Aitken basin. Kaguya TC (Terrain Camera) images, though globally available at 10 m/pixel, suffer from altitude inaccuracies caused by stereo matching errors and JPEG-based compression artifacts. This paper presents a method to improv…